^Lot 99 MEXICO, Mexico City, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to lef

MEXICO, Mexico City, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Early Series," assayer P to right, mintmark M to left (oMo-oPo), NGC VF details / cleaned (Shipwreck Blue Label). Nesmith-26b type; Cal-123; S-M4; KM-17. 13.52 grams. Well struck and deeply gunmetal-toned with clear legends and interiors on a full flan, the shield side slightly off-center, the pillars side featuring the beautiful quatrefoils used only by this assayer, from a type (oMo-oPo with left-leaning panel) that encompasses the largest variety of legends, a majority from the later HISPANIARVM period, like this example. Recovered from: “Golden Fleece wreck,” sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean
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